slouch

Use slouch in a sentence

Teenagers can suffer from text neck when they slouch over their phones too much.

noun

Slouch is defined as an incompetent person or a lazy, drooping, improper posture.
1. The casual, lazy position you sit in when slumped on the sofa instead of sitting up straight is an example of a slouch.
2. A person who is extremely skilled at playing poker is an example of someone who is no slouch at poker.

verb

The definition of slouch is to move, sit or stand with bad posture, with your shoulders bent forward.
When you are slumped over on the sofa instead of sitting up straight, this is an example of when you slouch on the sofa.

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slouch

1. a person who is awkward or lazy
2. Informal a person who is incompetent: usually with a negative: she's no slouch at golf
1. a drooping or bending forward of the head and shoulders
2. slovenly posture in general
a hanging down or drooping, as of a hat brim

Origin of slouch

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps dialect, dialectal slouk, a lazy fellow from Old Norse sl?kr from sl?ka, to hang down, droop from Indo-European an unverified form (s)leug-, variant, variety of base an unverified form (s)leu-, to hang limply from source slug, sleet

to sit, stand, walk, etc. in a slouch
to droop, as a hat brim

to cause to slouch

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slouch

verb

slouched, slouch·ing, slouch·es

verb

intransitive

To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping posture.
To droop or hang carelessly, as a hat.

verb

transitive

To cause to droop; stoop.

noun

An awkward, drooping posture or gait.
Slang An awkward, lazy, or inept person: good at chess and no slouch at bridge, either.

Origin of slouch

Origin unknown

Related Forms:

slouch′er
noun

slouch′i·ly
adverb

slouch′i·ness
noun

slouch′y
adjective

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural slouches)

A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
He sat with an unenthusiastic slouch.
any depression or hanging down, as of a hat brim.
The plant hung in a permanent slouch.
(dated) An awkward, heavy, clownish fellow.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present slouches, present participle slouching, simple past and past participle slouched)

(intransitive) To hang or droop; to adopt a limp posture
Do not slouch when playing a flute.
(intransitive) To walk in a clumsy, lazy manner.
I slouched to the fridge to see if there was anything to eat.

Origin

From Old Norse slÃ³kr (“a slouching, lazy fellow"), (cognate to Swedish sloka, to wilt, slouch.

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